patchworkbunny reviewed The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
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4 stars
A macabre fairytale, gruesome but beautifully written.
Cassandra Khaw: The Salt Grows Heavy (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)
128 pages
English language
Published Jan. 23, 2023 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.
After murdering her husband and burning his kingdom to cinders, a mermaid joins a strange doctor on a journey through the eerie taiga. Deep in the woods, the pair stumble upon a village, full of seemingly ageless children and the three surgeons who oversee them―called only “the saints.”
After discovering the villagers’ taste for a sinister blood sport, the mermaid and her companion must embrace the darkest parts of their true nature, if they hope to survive.
A macabre fairytale, gruesome but beautifully written.